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New mobile dog groomer has clients and canines wagging their tails
Stacy Barnes
It’s a fact of life that many dog breeds need to be groomed on a regular basis. Even those that don’t may have owners who like having their pets professionally groomed, but getting those canine companions to the groomer isn’t always an easy task.
Anita Brashier of Happy Tails to You may have the solution with her mobile dog grooming service. Brashier, a former GM employee, said the plant’s closing shifted her dream of owning a dog grooming business into high gear.
“I planned on becoming a dog groomer when I retired and they just hurried that up about three years,” she said.
Instead of her clients having to load up their dogs and drive to her, she comes to her clients’ homes and will even go inside the house or backyard to retrieve dogs for clients who are away, if they wish.
“I have some clients who are comfortable giving me the code to their house and I just go in and get their dogs and groom them,” she said. “And when I’m done, I put them back inside. It’s a convenience for people.”
A Mustang resident, Brashier says she will travel anywhere with her new trailer that was specifically made for grooming animals.
“Everything you can have done in a salon, I do there (in the trailer),” she said. “I had it specially made in Denver and it’s specifically designed for mobile groomers. It has heat and air, a stainless tub and a 55-gallon water tank, so I carry the water I need with me.”
She just pulls up and plugs into an outside electrical outlet and she is ready to groom.
With Brashier’s innovative and convenient service, the days of coaxing, pushing, pulling and dragging your dog in and out of the car can be over. She says her prices are comparable to salon prices, but with much less hassle. And the benefits are not only for the dog owners, as the pets themselves are also much more comfortable in the one-on-one setting.
“I take time with them. If they need potty breaks, I put them on a leash and we go out and have a potty break. I don’t use cages of any kind, and I seldom ever use my tether,” she said. “The only time I think I’ve used it is on my own dogs. I don’t need to because everything I need is within arms reach.”
Happy Tails is available by appointment seven days a week by calling 408-7770. Brashier says she is happy to work around her clients’ schedules.
New mobile dog groomer has clients and canines wagging their tails
Stacy Barnes
It’s a fact of life that many dog breeds need to be groomed on a regular basis. Even those that don’t may have owners who like having their pets professionally groomed, but getting those canine companions to the groomer isn’t always an easy task.
Anita Brashier of Happy Tails to You may have the solution with her mobile dog grooming service. Brashier, a former GM employee, said the plant’s closing shifted her dream of owning a dog grooming business into high gear.
“I planned on becoming a dog groomer when I retired and they just hurried that up about three years,” she said.
Instead of her clients having to load up their dogs and drive to her, she comes to her clients’ homes and will even go inside the house or backyard to retrieve dogs for clients who are away, if they wish.
“I have some clients who are comfortable giving me the code to their house and I just go in and get their dogs and groom them,” she said. “And when I’m done, I put them back inside. It’s a convenience for people.”
A Mustang resident, Brashier says she will travel anywhere with her new trailer that was specifically made for grooming animals.
“Everything you can have done in a salon, I do there (in the trailer),” she said. “I had it specially made in Denver and it’s specifically designed for mobile groomers. It has heat and air, a stainless tub and a 55-gallon water tank, so I carry the water I need with me.”
She just pulls up and plugs into an outside electrical outlet and she is ready to groom.
With Brashier’s innovative and convenient service, the days of coaxing, pushing, pulling and dragging your dog in and out of the car can be over. She says her prices are comparable to salon prices, but with much less hassle. And the benefits are not only for the dog owners, as the pets themselves are also much more comfortable in the one-on-one setting.
“I take time with them. If they need potty breaks, I put them on a leash and we go out and have a potty break. I don’t use cages of any kind, and I seldom ever use my tether,” she said. “The only time I think I’ve used it is on my own dogs. I don’t need to because everything I need is within arms reach.”
Happy Tails is available by appointment seven days a week by calling 408-7770. Brashier says she is happy to work around her clients’ schedules.
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